Raleigh Central Business District — Weather Coverage Backdrop
A tornado nobody initially counted has been confirmed near Raleigh-Durham International Airport, pushing North Carolina’s total from last month’s Isaias-remnant outbreak to 14 touchdowns statewide. The newly identified twister was rated EF-0, with estimated winds of 80 mph, and it struck a heavily wooded area near Interstate 40 and I-540, between Pleasant Grove Church Road and Aviation Parkway.
The National Weather Service confirmed the count, according to CBS17, with 10 of the 14 tornadoes landing in the Raleigh-Durham region. The outbreak was tied to the remnants of Isaias as they swept across the state last month. The newly detected tornado near RDU was brief even by tornado standards — on the ground for less than a minute, traveling just 0.16 mile and reaching a maximum width of 30 yards, per the same CBS17 report…